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N0. 264,462. Petented Sept. 19, 1882.,

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UNITED STATES PATENT I OFFICE.

ISAAC B. KLEINERT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DRESS-SHIELD SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 264,462,dated September 19,1882,

I 7 Application filed June 19, i882. (ModeLl To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC B. KLEINERT, of New York, in the county of NewYork and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Dress Shields; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, apd exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and usethe same.

My invention relates to dress-shields adapted to prevent the soiling ofa dress by perspiration of the arm-pit of the wearer. Dressshields forthis purpose are ordinarily made of'two layers of material, the innerlayer being of some water-proof material. The latter in use, is liableto curl up or shrivel and become hardened by the heat ofthe body,causing the formation of folds or creases in the material. Gutta-perchatissue is the material usually employed for the water-proof layer of theshield, and, as it is affected by heat, the warmth of the body sooncauses the formation of hardened folds, which are liable to break thesurface of the tissue, and thus allow the perspiration to penetrate tothe dress.

1 obviate the objection above explained by combining with a shieldhaving a water-proof layer an inner covering or layer of thin netting,which, while not interfering with the comfort of the wearer nor addingto the weight of the shield, effectually prevents the baking orhardening of the gutta-percha tissue by preventing that expansion of thetissue which results from its direct contact with the body of thewearer.

The invention further consists in providing a shield with front and reartapes, as will be further described;

In the drawing is represented a perspective view of my improvement.

A represents an outer layer of linen or any other suitable material. Bis the water-proof layer, preferablyof gutta-percha tissue, and providedwith an inner covering, 0, of thin netting. A further advantage of theemployment of the netting (J is found in the fact that the costofmanufacturing the shield is lessened and the latter ornamented.

Shields, as ordinarily made, require a bind in g to secure the partstogether and to impart a finished appearance to the shield. This bindingis not only more expensive in itself than the netting employed by me,but it requires skilled operators to applyit to the shield. Bymyimprovement no binding is necessary,since the netting forms a securecovering for the gutta-percha tissue, and any ordinary operator can sewthe parts together near their outer edge, after which thelatter isscalloped or cut out by a machine to impart a finished and ornamentalappearance to the shield.

D D represent a front and a rear tape attached to the shield while theparts are being sewed together. By the use of these tapes,in connectionwith a central tape, D, heretofore used, all puncturing of the dress orshield by the stitches is avoided. The tapes D D are fastened to thefront and back seams of the dress, and are thus more securely held thanif simply sewed to the dress by light stitches.

The im provementth us described is free from the objections incident toshields as ordinarily made, and is at the same time simple andeconomical in manufacture.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a dress-shield, the-combination, with two flaps of gutta-percha orother water-proof material, of sections of netting or open-work fabricattached to the inner faces of said flaps, substantially as set forth.

2. Adress-shield consisting of an outer layer of linen or equivalentmaterial and an inner layer of water-proof material, the latter having acovering of thin netting, said layers and netting being sewed togethernear their edges and afterward scalloped or pinked, substantially as setforth.

3. The combination, with a dress-shield, of tapes attached to the frontand rear edges of the shield and adapted to be arranged parallel withthe front and back seams of a dress and sewed thereto, substantially asset forth.

In testimony whereof .1 have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

ISAAC B. KLEINERT.

Witnesses:

JAMES E. BUsBY, J AMEs PRICE.

